TL;DR: A 2001 IBM manifesto noted the almost impossible difficulty of managing current and planned computing systems, which require integrating several heterogeneous environments into corporate-wide computing systems that extend into the Internet.
Abstract: A 2001 IBM manifesto observed that a looming software complexity crisis -caused by applications and environments that number into the tens of millions of lines of code - threatened to halt progress in computing. The manifesto noted the almost impossible difficulty of managing current and planned computing systems, which require integrating several heterogeneous environments into corporate-wide computing systems that extend into the Internet. Autonomic computing, perhaps the most attractive approach to solving this problem, creates systems that can manage themselves when given high-level objectives from administrators. Systems manage themselves according to an administrator's goals. New components integrate as effortlessly as a new cell establishes itself in the human body. These ideas are not science fiction, but elements of the grand challenge to create self-managing computing systems.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare and contrast cloud computing with grid computing from various angles and give insights into the essential characteristics of both the two technologies, and compare the advantages of grid computing and cloud computing.
Abstract: Cloud computing has become another buzzword after Web 2.0. However, there are dozens of different definitions for cloud computing and there seems to be no consensus on what a cloud is. On the other hand, cloud computing is not a completely new concept; it has intricate connection to the relatively new but thirteen-year established grid computing paradigm, and other relevant technologies such as utility computing, cluster computing, and distributed systems in general. This paper strives to compare and contrast cloud computing with grid computing from various angles and give insights into the essential characteristics of both.
TL;DR: This paper proposes introducing a Trusted Third Party, tasked with assuring specific security characteristics within a cloud environment, and presents a horizontal level of service, available to all implicated entities, that realizes a security mesh, within which essential trust is maintained.
TL;DR: This paper provides an extensive survey of mobile cloud computing research, while highlighting the specific concerns in mobile cloud Computing, and presents a taxonomy based on the key issues in this area, and discusses the different approaches taken to tackle these issues.